IT Compliance & Controls Specialist

Dautom; Sharjah; On-site; AED 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Dautom is seeking an IT Compliance professional in Sharjah, UAE, to coordinate governance, regulatory adherence, and risk management across IT. The role focuses on implementing policies, monitoring controls, and producing dashboards that track compliance status and remediation progress.

The candidate should have 5-8 years in IT governance, IT compliance, IT audit or risk, with banking or financial sector exposure preferred.

Qualifications

• 5-8 years of experience in IT Governance, IT Compliance, IT Audit or Risk Management.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and monitor compliance with IT policies, standards, and governance directives.
• Monitor IT compliance with regulatory requirements and circulars from regulatory bodies.
• Maintain a centralized IT compliance register with obligations, units, deadlines and status.
• Conduct IT compliance assessments and gap analyses against applicable frameworks (COBIT, ITIL, ISO).
• Coordinate assignment of compliance requirements to IT units and track remediation milestones.
• Review new or amended regulatory requirements and assess impact on IT processes and controls.
• Obtain evidence from IT units to verify remediation effectiveness.
• Act as central IT compliance coordination point with Bank Compliance, Operational Risk and Information Security.
• Develop compliance dashboards and periodic reports on status, gaps, overdue actions and major issues.
• Ensure audit findings closed on time, compliance reviews completed and ISO milestones met.

Skills

Regulatory compliance

Policy management

Governance controls

ISO compliance

Audit remediation

Job description

Dautom is seeking an IT Compliance professional in Sharjah, UAE, to coordinate governance, regulatory adherence, and risk management across IT. The role focuses on implementing policies, monitoring controls, and producing dashboards that track compliance status and remediation progress.

The candidate should have 5-8 years in IT governance, IT compliance, IT audit or risk, with banking or financial sector exposure preferred.